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Facebook Voting App Also Available In Irish

As Ireland goes to the polls today Facebook has enabled their “I’m a voter” tool in Ireland. It’s available in both English and Irish, which I discovered this morning when the site decided to offer it to me in the Irish language:

And you can add it to your status with your own message (my default language is English, which is why it’s showing both):

Since the tool was switched on yesterday evening I’ve already seen hundreds of Irish friends using it, many clearly indicating that they are supporting a “yes” vote in today’s referendum. But unless they make it to the polls a Facebook status update won’t count, though apparently the status posts have helped remind people to get to the polls in other countries.

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. He blogs mostly over on michele.blog